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Opinion | Putin’s war is transforming Ukraine

9/24/2018, 12:00:57 AM
Russia’s interference in a once-friendly country has made it an enemy. ✔ Some want to go further: Foolishly, the regional legislature in Lviv last week declared it wanted to ban all Russian books and music, a measure that no one in this profoundly bilingual country will be able to enforce ✔ Petro Poroshenko: My goal is to defeat corruption in Ukraine


‘Look in the mirror’ - US sends BLISTERING message to Iran after DEADLY terrorist attack

9/24/2018, 1:35:50 AM
TENSIONS between the US and Iran threatened to hit fever pitch on Monday as a US envoy urged the Iranian leader to “look in the mirror” for the cause of Saturday’s terrorist attack in the Middle Eastern country. ✔ Mr Rouhani alleged a Gulf state had supported the financial weaponry and political needs of the perpetrators ✔ The UK is desperately trying to find innovative ways to circumvent the sanctions, which restrict nations from trading with Iran - one of the world's largest crude oil producers


S. Korea's Moon arrives in New York for Trump summit, UN meeting

9/24/2018, 1:28:06 AM
undefined ✔ Denuclearization talks between the U.S. and North Korea had stalled since Trump called off Pompeo's scheduled visit to Pyongyang in July, citing what he called a lack of progress in the North Korean denuclearization process ✔ Moon is also scheduled to hold summits with his counterparts from Chile and Spain before heading home on Wednesday (New York time)


Ex-Army chief warns against inviting German president to Cenotaph

9/24/2018, 2:11:55 AM
Colonel Richard Kemp said Frank-Walter Steinmeier (pictured) shouldn't be invited to the sacred service at Westminster Abbey, London, 'if it upsets even a single veteran'. ✔ An Ex-Army commander has warned against inviting the German president to the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday ✔ But Colonel Richard Kemp said the head of state should not be allowed to the attend the commemoration 'if it upsets even a single veteran' ✔ He was asked by 14-18 Now, a five-year programme of arts projects 'connecting people with the First World War', to help plan the event


President returns to Trump Tower for THIRD time since taking office

9/24/2018, 12:11:06 AM
Donald Trump returned to the iconic Manhattan skyscraper that served as the backdrop for his reality TV shows and the launch of his ground-breaking presidential bid on Sunday. ✔ 'We have got to make sure we enforce sanctions, because that's what brought them to the table in the first place ✔ Haley said Sunday on CNN that Russia owns the crisis there now and it needs to foot the bill to reconstruct the country once ISIS had been defeated and the civil war is over ✔ Canadian PM Justin Trudeau will deliver a speech that rivals Trump's own to the general assembly this week


Iran fears plot by US and its Gulf allies as pressure grows

9/24/2018, 2:52:41 AM
The shooting attack in Iran and Rudy Guiliani's speech in the US fuel Iranian fears that America and its Gulf Arab allies plan to overthrow the theocracy. ✔ We are not waiting until there becomes a battle in Saudi Arabia, so we will work so that it becomes a battle for them in Iran and not in Saudi Arabia ✔ Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Donald Trump, speaks at the Iran Freedom Convention for Human Rights and democracy in Washington in May ✔ Our new podcast series from the team behind Phoebe's Fall View episodes


The truth behind Kim Jong-un's K-pop sign

9/24/2018, 12:40:56 AM
Kim Jong-un may look friendly making the Korean heart symbol - but we should see past the optics. ✔ For the uninitiated, the Korean heart is formed if you put the tips of your thumb and index finger together ✔ I was accused of being a foreigner, pouring cold water on the peace process and of misunderstanding the Korean people ✔ Even if it is what some South Koreans don't want to hear


Playboy bunny has cheeky request for fans – but it goes very wrong

9/24/2018, 3:35:18 AM
A BUSTY Playboy bunny has sent the internet into a spin with a cheeky request for her fans on Instagram. ✔ Daniella Chavez, 32, posted a photo of her bursting out of a skimpy black swimsuit to the social media page ✔ The model, who has featured in the Spanish, Mexican and Venezuelan editions of Playboy, currently resides in her native Chile after a period working for Mexican media


Cuba's new president to denounce US when in New York

9/24/2018, 3:18:16 AM
Tensions between the old adversaries have heightened since President Donald Trump tightened the trade embargo last year. ✔ Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel will denounce the US trade embargo when speaking at the UN General Assembly ✔ Photo: AP The non-binding UN resolution urges the United States to repeal the embargo on Cuba as soon as possible ✔ Our new podcast series from the team behind Phoebe's Fall View episodes


DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Will Labour MPs let Corbyn reduce UK to ashes? 

9/24/2018, 12:11:00 AM
Neil Kinnock (pictured) gave one of the bravest speeches in modern political history in 1985, facing Labour's Trotskyist Militant sect. Is there really nobody with the courage to follow his example? ✔ But now, at the party conference, Neil Kinnock had decided to fight back ✔ Labour would, for example, blow a staggering £176 billion renationalising the rail franchises inside the next five years ✔ Is there really nobody with the courage to follow his example


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